This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by religion. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.
Summary
The religion people connect or identify with (their religious affiliation), whether or not they practice or have belief in it.
This question was voluntary and the variable includes people who answered the question, including ‘No Religion’, alongside those who chose not to answer this question.
This variable classifies responses into the eight tick-box response options. Write-in responses are classified by their "parent" religious affiliation, including "No Religion", where applicable.
Religion (detailed): Total: All Usual Residents
139,648
Christian
58,898
Buddhist
596
Hindu
1,342
Jewish
101
Muslim
5,433
Sikh
456
No religion
63,257
No religion: Agnostic
86
No religion: Atheist
33
No religion: Free Thinker
1
No religion: Humanist
35
No religion: No religion
63,102
No religion: Realist
0
Other religion
843
Other religion: Alevi
23
Other religion: Animism
1
Other religion: Baha'i
8
Other religion: Believe in God
13
Other religion: Brahma Kumari
0
Other religion: Chinese Religion
0
Other religion: Church of All Religion
0
Other religion: Confucianist
0
Other religion: Deist
0
Other religion: Druid
13
Other religion: Druze
0
Other religion: Eckankar
0
Other religion: Heathen
11
Other religion: Jain
20
Other religion: Mixed Religion
13
Other religion: Mysticism
0
Other religion: Native American Church
1
Other religion: New Age
3
Other religion: Occult
1
Other religion: Other religions
169
Other religion: Own Belief System
3
Other religion: Pagan
237
Other religion: Pantheism
7
Other religion: Rastafarian
30
Other religion: Ravidassia
0
Other religion: Reconstructionist
8
Other religion: Satanism
25
Other religion: Scientology
2
Other religion: Shamanism
3
Other religion: Shintoism
2
Other religion: Spiritual
84
Other religion: Spiritualist
96
Other religion: Taoist
5
Other religion: Theism
2
Other religion: Thelemite
1
Other religion: Traditional African Religion
0
Other religion: Unification Church
0
Other religion: Universalist
0
Other religion: Valmiki
0
Other religion: Vodun
0
Other religion: Wicca
47
Other religion: Witchcraft
1
Other religion: Yazidi
6
Other religion: Zoroastrian
8
Religion not stated
8,722
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